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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

The Eiasons of EldOrado are prepar-
ing foran immense concourse of strang-
ers June - and "a. The occasion will
be the laying the corner stone of a
Masonic temple.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11
Land once at Larned. Kan, April Is. lsss.

Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof I'm support of his claim,
and that said proof viii be made before the
clerk of the district court in and for Barber
20, 1857, viz: James II. Davis, for the 3 ne
!. NV ! ne sec 20. and s-w s-e4 sec "a twp
81 south, range IA west.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
of said land, viz;
VIM K Nichols. William r Lacy. John n
Meek, French Gentry, all Of Lake City post-
Office, Barber county, Kansas.
1921 w. r. BRowNLKK, ReRistex.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

Chicago Mail: blaine is again elected
by postal card and the fiend who polls
railroad trains. This will be Mr..
Ijlaine's fourth term of that kind of
election -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

At New Orleans, last Sunday, at a
bapt.zlng, fifteen colOred persons were
precipilated into the Mississippi river
from n rotten pier, aud drowned.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11
Land once at Larned, Kans. MAY 3. lss7

Notice fs hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of her intention
70 make final proof in support of her claim,
probate judge, at Medicine Lodge, Kansas
on June 20, 1887, viz: Maggie j. Clement. ID.
3. NO. l2117, for the u NV t, and a s-w /
sec 80, twp 81, range 10.
one names the following witnesses to prove
of said land, viz:
- Robert Lyon. L Balding, Joseph Massey,
George Agile, all Of Sun City, Barber COUNT
Kansas.
$3.50 W.R. BROwNLEr. Reeister
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

Having sold my saddlery and harness
business N this city, must ask all
persons Indebted to me to call at once
and settle their accounts.
April p. 1857. II. BLIcKHKHEs
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11
Land Once at Larned. Kans.. ApriI e. ise1

Notice Is Hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim.
and mat said proof will be made before the
probate Judge, at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, on
June q. 1887, viz: William b. Kimbrel. ID. 3.
lizs1. Tor the y NV and y ne sec -, twp
"a south. OF range III west,
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of said land, viz:
Moore, q A Gleason, Edward Magee ana
Geo Eemer. oil OF New Kiowa, Kansaa
Cal w. 4. BBQHEu1Ezf 1lexl1teg-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

Allison is looming up as the republi-
can candidate for the presidency next
year.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

Queen KapiOlana, wife of King Kali
akaua, Hawaii, is visiting in this coun-
try, and was in Washington last week
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

The health OF Panell, the Irish lead
err, is very poor and his recovery is quite
doubtful.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

Hill. Of New York, will be a candi-
date for governor Of his state next
year.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

Mr.. John q. Carlisle, of Kentucky,
will be the democratic nominee for the
presidency, In 1892.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

The Missouri legislature is to meet
In special session to-day TO enact legis-
ton To govern railroad freights.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

Kingman has 2J7 dwellings and 10
business houses in course of construc-
ton.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

The annual Sunday school assembly
will begin at Ottawa, June Is. Sam.
Jones will be there.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

Newton is to be state headquarters
for the Mccormick reapers.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

Harper Will vote 5000 in bonds to
raise money for boring for gas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

Kingman county voted OH three rail-
road propositions yesterday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11
The Petit Jurv.


Justices McCanless and Macdonald.
Sheriff Nelson and County Clerk Talia-
ferro, last Friday met and drew the
following petit jury to serve at the
district court, to commence June 6,
1887:
David Burnham, Kiowa Township.
j. nj. Iliff, Medicine Lodge
n. p. Moon, Hazelton
Frank Collins, :"
Thos. VIM,
W; ID. Van Slyke, Medicine L. e
i. III. johnson, Sharon {"
Calvin Jones, Nippewalla i"
]. w. Howard, ElwOod 4"
Il. q. Davis, Sharon /"
T. L Gordon, Lake City
{. II. Brown, Medicine 7.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

{. P. CARUTHsRS & W. G. RUSGRoVE,
EDITORS AND PRoPRuETORs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

WEDNESDAY. MAY II, 1857.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-11

Subscription Price. .............sl.SoA Year.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-19
robacco-Growing in England.

In reply TO an inquiry as to the result
of his experiment in tobacco growing.
Lord Harris. writing from Huntingfield,
Faversham. says: My experiment has
been so far less elaborate than Mr.. De
Laune's that an account of il would
lack the interest raised. and justly so,
in his attempt to prove the feasibility
of growing and drying tobacco i'm En-
gland. | planted about ten rods in n
garden at Belmont with two sorts Uhe
broad leaf and long leaD. but the inter-
vals-two feet by three feet-were not
sufficient to allow of passage between
the plants when in full growth. and
consequently many suckers which
should have been nipped out ON APP
pearanee. shot up and robbed the leaves
that formed the crop. They also knock
ed each other about a good deal in
high winds. The land was not man
ured. but it is good land. and the
plantation grew SO vigorously as to
resemble tropical jungle. l cut very
late in September, after there had been
two or three slight frosts. but the plants
seemed in no way affected In harvest
ing l strictly followed printed instruct
ions and split the stems from the top 10
within a few inches of the base. the
crop cut was made an inch or two
lower, and the plants straddled over
laths, which were removed by the
wagon-load to greenhouse and rest
ed on a temporary structure. We found
the stem of the iong-leaved variety far
more woody than that of the broad
leaved. My intention had been to pro-
duce the yellow or golden-colored tobac-
co. but found could not get the house
above ITO degrees in the middle of the
| day, so l had to be contented with
| gradual drying. resulting only in n
/ brown tobacco. | have had no one in
| the trade down as yet to see nv crop,
SO it is impossible for me to say whether
/ my experiment has been so successful as
/ MIR. De Laune's. but to my inexperi-
enced eve there is little difference AS to
\ appearance and texture between the two
/ crops. | should imagine that it is inn
possible as yet to draw any comparison
4 between our samples and any imported,
say American tobacco, because it is
4 evident that the latter, Whatever the
/ process of packing may be. must under
/ go some pressure, whereby fermenta-
ton is set up, and L am inclined TO
i think that it has been the omission of
this last process which has induced
/ people who have surreptitiously smoked
i English-grown tobacco 10 declare that
it was fiavorless. Lord Harris adds
that no difficulties whatever have been
thrown in the way by the excise officers.
4 London Times,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-19

ence. fes, | am very fond of Irving also.
/ was speaking to him one night of the
great exhaustion caused by an evening
devoted 10 recitations. Yes, he said,
the strain on an elocutionist is much
greater than on an actor. An elocuti0n-
ist has to paint his own scenery, portray
various characters and bear the whole
load of the evening entertainment An
actor has none of these disadvantages
and does not feel at the end of long
piece the exhaustion which comes of
necessity TO the elocutionist. His words,
| remember. recalled to my mind some
remarks of Miss Mary Anderson regard
ing amateur theatricals. She said. Have
nothing to do with them They are
tremendous strain on the nerves and do
not pay one who has high ideal of dra-
matte art.
But what am / TO do7'' continued
Mrs Potter. 1t is almost impossible to
say no, when you are asked to play or
reeite for some deserving charity In
sane asylums, hospitals, &c, are con-
tinnally asking for my services. | have
sometimes recited at three or four differ
ent institutions in one evening The
physical strain is very great =
You do not look as though you had
received any permanent injury from your
career an elocutionist.
No: don't think have | possess
q very elastic temperament By the wav.
Munzig. Il very brilliant artist, who was
originally from Boston. but who has
spent most of his time in Europe has
reached New York with partially fin
ished portrait of me, which is, from an
artistic standpoint. very remarkable
production II is in the Van Dyke man
ner. and am in Henri Quatre costume.
Il ha rff has faE- @fFtH
ington square | am very willing to go
down To posterity as this man has paint
ed me
Have you any special plans fsr your
season in Paris
No. none at all. | shall devote the
winter 10 study and sight seeing. Nv
little daughter goes with me. She has
forgotten an the French she used to
know aud | want her to recall it.
There is a general impression, Mrs
Potter, that you are going on the stage.
Do you care to say anything about it
No. | am in receipt continually of
large offers from managers. but. as said
before. have no plans for the future be-
vond q few months study in Paris =
'tWill you not give me some of your
impressions of English societyT
Il do not care to- You see | was re-
ceiyed there with so much cordiality that
do not feel at liberty to make public
the impressions derived | can frankly
say, however. that English society has
many delightful features The Princess
of Wales is the most gracious woman
ever met She is both beautiful in per
son and sweet in disposition. London is
so different from New York. In Lon
don | felt all the time as though / were
at great pleasure resort. There was
none of that hustle and excitement which
pervades social life in New York Every
body seemed To have time to amuse them
selves. There is something fascinating
in the restfulness of London society life.
The same dolce far nierfte which adds a
charm to Newport and Ienox influences
on large scale the social atmosphere OF
London "-E T World
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-19
Would Rather Run the Risk.

There is a law which compels hotel
proprieto-s to have some sort of fire
escape in every upper-story room in
their house. In the Girard House the
style of escape used consists of a huge
rope with hooks to clasp the window
ledge and sliding arrangement bv
which the guest may lower himself at
whatever speed he will One of these is
placed in every apartment directly un-
der one of the windows. and. as they
are for use rather than ornament their
appearance does not enhance the beauty
of the interior The other day a lady
who wished room was shown to one
of the most elegantly furnished in the
hotel. As soon as her eye rested on the
fire escape she turned to the clerk: II
will not have that thing there" she
said. .'It is hideuus" s.But it is re-
quired bv law he replied. Can't YOU
put il IN The trunk room at the end of
the uall? she asked. mo. madam. il
must be where YOU can utilize it at
moments notice. well. them" con-
cluded tie lady. 4 won't take the room.
I'll 20 where they don't have fire escapes
where Iie law is evaded rather than
have that ugly thing there to remind
me all the time that l may have to
swing myself out of the window to save
NV life. And she departed in disgust.
-h kddeii,h a BatfettH.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-19
=. ,oorah A. her and smiled what

He looked Mt her and smiled. What
coquets all women arei And Bel. beau
tiful Bel. was as tickle rs the rest She
had wavered between the old and the
new love years ago, when he had gone
awav and left ner to be true and now
be found her still unmarried. working,
struggling for her daily bread. and de-
string to win him back-a desire as
despicable as il was futile.
..Bygones are best left to slumber,
he said. II will wish you good morn
ing"
"Don't CO." she said gently. Tell
me what you meant?"
..When Lieut. Haywood came back 10
claim his own what could | do but alb
dicate?'
Lieut. HeywoodP" she repeated.
knitting her brows in pefplexity. Il
have not seen hin"
Perhaps not lately" he said and
laughed. Then, becoming suddenly
grave. he continued: Il wish you would
try to understand me without forcing
me TO be more explicit
.'Speak plainly. | have nothing TO
fear in any revelation you can make.
Proudly, fearlessly her eyes met his.
and for the first time there dawned on
uiil tue DO>-lofll1 ludl uc nSu btth
mistaken in the identity of Lieut. Hey
wood; but no. that was not possiblei
Nevertheless his manner softened as he
said:
Then listen. The Thursday that |
proposed To return To Sutton / did re-
turn. At The Griffin | heard of Mrs.
Testers death. tilled with tenderness
and love for you; but some one preced-
cd tt,.a NhiFhsr frANH- lnpE tRRtr
man. with the unmislakable military
stamp upon him. He went to you and
paused at the gate and saw you meet
him. l did not blame you. child; to be
true to him you had To be false 10 me;
but with Pickering smile. perhaps
you know l was very jealous, even from
the iirsL of Lieut. Haywood.
Ii was long since Bel Urmson's face
had worn so happy and blisstul a smile.
lit was not Lieut.. Haywood who
came TO me that evening. but my broth
er-in-law. Capt Lester"
Capt Lesteri He was drowned be-
fore met YOU"
so we thought. but we were mis-
taken. He was picked up by an African
coasting vessel aud carried to Loan 20.
and thence to several places on the Con-
60. He was kept prisoner for several
wears. and" with little shudder. Il
cannot tell you all the cruelties they
made him suffer- Finally he effected
his escape and landed in England a
fortnight after Clara died. !"
Her voice shook u little and she paus-
ed
do you blame me now" she asked
ami thea broke down in waiting.
pIteous cry. John. forgive me. for
have been true in my love for YOU.
tsNv moor loyai'' he whiSn,.Tsd
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-19
HOW ANTS LIVE.
Their Love of Cleanliness and Their Modes
of Burial.

In spite of the multifarious duties and
tasks that are imposed on these tiny
burglars, they still find time TO clean
and adorn their worthy little persons,
saws q writer in the Cosmopolitan No
spot. no atom of dust or anything else
uncleanly will they tolerate on their
bodies. They get rid of the dirt with
the brushy tufts on their feet or with
their tongue. They act. for all the
world. like domestic cats when they
clean and lick themselves; and they as
sist one another at the toilet precisely
like MONKEYS. Their sense of cleanli-
ness goes so far that the naturalist often
finds, to his unpleasant surprise, the
colored marks that he had applied with
so much care on his trial ants re-
moved by their dirt-hatIng friends.
They keep their dwelling just as cleanly.
But the conveying away of their de-
ceased brethren. whose dead bodies they
appear to regard with the greatest anti
pathy. gives them more trouble than
anything else. When some members
of an ant community, which MIR. Cook
kept imprisoned. died and could not be
removed. those remaining seemed af-
fected with the greatest horror. For
days the insects ran about seeking
way Uut+ duo tCdSCQ NotA-
pletely exhausted. The ants belonging
to the componotus species seized the
dead and threw them into q water-pail,
which they converted into a sepulcher.
Ordinarily. though, the ants are said to
treat their dead with more reverence.
They even possess their own graveyards.
which lie in the vicinity of their nests.
They convey their deceased companions
thither. where they lay them down in
orderly little heaps or in rows.
1t is only the corpses of their fellows.
however. that they treat in this man
ner Dead strangers they throw out
like something unclean, or tear the
body in pieces. Even between the
master and slaves of the same COM
munity Miss Treat says she has observ-
ed dlssimiliar mode of burial While
the masters find their last repose in a
special graveyard. side by side. the
slaves lie like heaped-up refuse near
the nest. despised equally in death as in
life.
The ant cemeteries are often thicklv
populated. for their life is short The
male lives only through one summer; the
females live somewhat longer. and the
workers die of old age in the 8th or 10th
wear.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-19
BIRDS OF PARAplsE.
The Males Attractive by Their Adorn-
ments and Their Voices.

Mr.. Darwin has said: Birds appear
to be the most aesthetic of all animals.
excepting of course, man, aud they
have nearly the same taste for the beauti-
full as we have. This is shown by our
enjoyment of the singing of birds. and
by our women, both civilized and saw
age, decking their heads with borrowed
plumes and using gems which are hard
ly more brilliantly colored than the
naked skin and wattles of certain
birds" With civilized men. at least,
the rule of personal adornment is the re-
verse of that followed by nature in the
decoration of birds Among civilized
people it is the female who is elaborate
ly ornamented, but with birds the male
wears the most gorgeous plumage. the
most elegant ear tufts, the most brilliant
wattles, the most splendid topknots.
and even the iris of the eye is some
times more highly colored in the male
than in the female The object of this
is. without doubt, to attract the female.
In other cases the male, deprived of
beautiful adornment is otherwise pro-
vided. He is. rs a rule. the sweetest
songster, and when he has neither vocal
powers nor attractive plumage. he is
provided with formidable weapons with
which to win his bride (or brides) from
his antagonist. Thus the males of gall
linaeeous birds are provided with spurs.
and some even have single and double
sets of spurs upon their wings, as is the
case with the palamadea.
Male birds of paradise are, without
question. the most highly favored by
way of adornment of all. The elongat-
ed and golden orange plumes that
spring from beneath the wings OF the
paradisea apoda (and which is not the
most beautiful of the speeies), when
vertically erected aud made to vibrate,
are described as forming a sort of halo.
in the center of which the head "looks
like little emerald sun, with its rays
formed by the two plumes. In an
other most beautiful species the head is
bald. and of 3 rich cobalt blue. crossed
by several lines of black. velvety feathers.
Many birds of elegant plumage, such as
egrets and herons. retain their nuptial
plumes only during the summer; birds
of paradise. the peacock. and Angus
pheasant do not east their plumes dur
ing the winter. Whether it is the re-
suit of their surprising beauty. or to
other causes. can not be said. but birds
of paradise are great polygamists. the
male having generally fifteen wives
There was formerly a superstition that
these birds lived solely in the air. but
that has long since been exploded. in
common with the medieval notion that
certain species of the goose grew upon
trees-NetD Orleans FlcdguHs.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-19
A New Way 10 Get am Appetite.

This morning Gvspeptic-looking
man entered blacksmith shop at Rond-
out He waited until the blacksmith
put hot shoe TO the foot of the horse
that was being shod. when he bent
down and drew in with his nostrils sew
eral draughls of smoke that rose from
the burning hoof. After the man left
the shop reporter of the Freeman ask
ell the blacksmith if the man who had
just taken his departure was crazy. %.
no." responded the blacksmith. "hc is
only working up AN appetite. Strange
as it may appear to you. vet the fact is
true that inhalation into the lungs of
smoke from horses hoof when it is
being shod is the best appetizer in the
world. That man you saw here will
now go home and eat good square
meal He came into the shop for an
appetite and went away hungry. | have
OH an average five patients day who
visit my shop for an appetizer. -Kin gs-
ton On - Freeman.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-19
Women Customers.

Il hate women customers replied q
saleswoman in a dry-goods store. She
had been asked plumply whether she
preferred waiting ON men. and this was
her plump answer.
why do YOU prefer menp"
Because they know what they want.
and do not care to keep you standing
an hour while they tumble over and
rumple up the goods on the counter.
Why. only to-day was showing lady
black stockings OF course, they were
all the same size and quality, yet she
dragged every pair out of that box aud
then wanted to see more. | handed
down two more boxes just like this one.
and then asked if we had any more l
told her no. and then she said might
wrap up one pair for her. The lady
next to me made nine different sales to
gentlemen while l was fooling with the
one woman. | am going To try TO get
a place in a hardware-store. or some
place where women do not have to deal
with women. ~ ptttsbUrg Dispatch.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-19
How 10 Make n Poem.

PRAY, tell me truly I said To sRge.
The master ~ mysteriss $ rare.
Who had resi't every pp m ~ rvciy age.
No matter by wht M Wal. 1r where;
"Pray. tell mo sruiy. hew po ms art' made.
III knew lhM, fun many ime
The sage IN the grlve Of the MUSES. had
strayed,
And nd clothed his bright fancies "a
rhymrl.
Let yonr genius. my SON." he replied. "have
fts Nny.
In spi T. III defiance of sense:
But govern right well It's synioctical play
On number and gender and tens
For, knttw yuu. nt times the am us divine
Needs ift' IN sensible way,
JUST as many a band Of most delicate wine
N 'eus rsiisia to give II bouquet.
Yet. though scnse ami eke reason are oft in
demand
To hc.p tho rhyme syl.nbies ont.
That rhym Is tue rudder OF veise, under
stanst.
TucFe Is not u sci1tilia of Douof.
SO now. IL you'd c unit ou the Muse as your
friend,
And would never i'm poetry fail,
Gnide the sense Of your lines by the rhymes
at The end.
Just us hu chers steer calves hy the tail
Its he il iEte tgsit y cases the Fagu ear
The music of rhyti IN aud rhyme;
Keep this well Ia mind. and. my son, never
fear
But youli rank as poet in Time"
-Gash RF,tfie